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Siegfriedia
Sign in to savethumb|Foliage Siegfriedia is a monotypic genus flowering plant belonging to the family Rhamnaceae. It is a small plant with smooth leaves leaves and bell-shaped flowers. The only species is Siegfriedia darwinioides, it is endemic to Western Australia.
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It sits within the topics Monotypic Rosales genera, Rhamnaceae and Rhamnaceae genera.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyRhamnaceae
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- Taxonomy and naming
- Distribution and habitat
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thumb|Foliage Siegfriedia is a monotypic genus flowering plant belonging to the family Rhamnaceae. It is a small plant with smooth leaves leaves and bell-shaped flowers. The only species is Siegfriedia darwinioides, it is endemic to Western Australia.
==Description== Siegfriedia darwinioides is a multi-stemmed, upright, spreading shrub high with yellowish-cream to orange pendulous flowers. The branches are smooth, bark purple-brown, smaller branches have a whitish down. The leaves are arranged opposite, oblong-shaped, apex pointed, base almost heart-shaped, margins rolled, upper surface veined and smooth, lower surface densely covered in short matted hairs. Flowering occurs from April to August and the fruit is a schizocarp with three segments.
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